Healthcare Practitioners

Surgeons

SOC 29-1248

Operate on patients to treat injury, disease, and deformity.

Median pay

$414k

$135k to $511k typical range

Outlook

Growing

600 openings / yr

Education

Doctoral (MD) plus long residency

AI exposure

24%

modeled estimate

Future-proof

80/100

Key skills

Surgical skill
Stamina
Precision
Decision making
Communication

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.